David Allan Coe recovering at home from crash injuries

Country music artist David Allan Coe, injured in Ocala in a traffic crash the morning of March 19, is recovering at home.

Staff report

Country music artist David Allan Coe, injured in Ocala in a traffic crash the morning of March 19, is recovering at home. Another man injured in the crash also has been released from the hospital.

Coe, 73, of Princeton, was hospitalized after the sport utility vehicle he was driving collided with a tractor-trailer hauling corn and radishes at Silver Springs Boulevard and South Pine Avenue. Robert Johnson and Lisa Meade were occupants in the 1996 Peterbilt.

Coe was taken to Ocala Regional Medical Center with injuries to his neck and back, side pain and multiple lacerations, according to an OPD report. He was cited for running a red light.

Meade, 49, was treated at Munroe Regional Medical Center and released the same day. Johnson, 59, was taken to MRMC, then transferred to ORMC, from which he was released a few days later.

A response to an email inquiry sent to Coe’s manager Tuesday indicated the singer “is doing fine. He is at home recovering.”